TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

WINEMAKING

Following destemming and crushing the grapes were given a warm, plunged fermentation, then maceration on skins. The young wine was then aged in new and one year old 225 litre French oak barrels for a period of 15 months, during which time it was topped, racked and egg-white fined.

VINEYARDS

The grapes for 1996 Bullnose Syrah were hand harvested on the 9th April.

ORIGIN

Michael Morris and Peter Cowley, vineyard partners and old car enthusiasts, named this wine after the pre-1928 Morris Cowley car, nicknamed Bullnose due to its distinctive radiator. The bull emblem of the label is drawn from the Bullnose car’s radiator crest.